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A Systematic Treatise for the Professional and General Reader upon the Science and the Preservation of Health . 21 s.
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1. Introductory.
By W. S. Savory, F.R.S.
2. Food and its Use in Health.
By Sir Risdon Bennett, M.D., F.R.S.
3. The Influence of Stimulants and Narcotics on Health.
By T. Lauder Brunton, M.D., F.R.S.
4. Education and the Nervous System.
By J. Crichton-Browne, LL.D., M.D.
5. The Influence of Exercise on Health.
By James Cantlie, F.R.C.S.
6. The Influence of Dress on Health.
By Frederick Treves, F.R.C.S.
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8. The Influence of Travelling on Health.
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By J. S. Bristowe, M.D., F.R.S. 15. The Teeth.
By Charles S. Tomes, F.R.S. iti. The Skin and Hair.
By Malcolm Morris.
17. Health in India.
By Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., F.R.S., and J. Ewart, M.D.
18. Climate and Health Resorts.
By Hermann Weber, M.D.
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